the OPP Fort Frances OPP is seeking public help in locating a male who fled from police custody around 7:15 a.m. today. Matthew Bradley Meyers, 25, a resident of Emo, is described as a Caucasian male, 5’8”, 151 pounds, with a brown brush cut, blue eyes, medium build, and unshaven. […]
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Peggy Revell For his hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm, a local Confederation College paramedic student has been recognized with an award given in memory of a fallen Canadian soldier. Dave Egan, who will be graduating this year, was presented with the 2010 Josh Klukie Memorial Award—created in honour of Pte. […]
Peggy Revell There will be one less trustee seat for Fort Frances on the Northwest Catholic District School Board starting this fall. The change follows a vote by the board at its monthly meeting last Tuesday evening on the determination and distribution of its eight trustees for the upcoming four-year […]
Duane Hicks Plans for this year’s “Fun in the Sun” activities are at a crisis point as the committee is not getting as much money it had hoped for from the town. At the April 12 council meeting, Scott Turvey, on behalf of the “Fun in the Sun” committee, asked […]
Peggy Revell There’s murder, drugs, and drama in Finland, Ont.—and it’s coming from the pen of district resident Chris Gallinger, who has just released her first novel, “Justified.” “I think I wrote [the novel] because I want to leave a piece of me,” said Gallinger, a homemaker and mother of […]
Drama Division Friday, April 23 •CLASS A900 First–St. Francis NSL, Grade 6—Corine Bannon) •CLASS A1200-A First–Robert Moore School, Grade 4—Mrs. Donald) •CLASS A1200-B First–Robert Moore School, Grade 5—Mrs. Donald) •CLASS A700-C Huffman School, Kindergarten/Grade 1–Karen Peltomaki (non-competitive) •CLASS A703-A First–J.W. Walker School, Grades 2 and 3–J. Johanson •CLASS A703-B First–Robert […]
Staff District residents are being reminded to stay safe when crossing railroad tracks in conjunction with “Rail Safety Week.” The theme for this year’s campaign is “No compromise: no accidents-no injuries-no fatalities,” noted local CN police officer Cst. Pete LeDrew. Local CN police, with the help of Treaty #3 police […]
Staff As dry conditions continue in Northwestern Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources responded to 21 new blazes in the West Fire Region over the weekend, including a couple in Fort Frances District. Fort Frances Fire #17 was reported north of town, near a cabin on Rainy Lake, on Saturday […]
Staff FORT FRANCES—The Town of Fort Frances will have to wait to find out whether or not it will be permitted to maintain and use Pither’s Point Park again this year after a judge reserved decision on a motion brought before Superior Court in Thunder Bay on Thursday. Mayor Roy […]
Drama Division (English) Thursday, April 22 •CLASS A60-D First–Tianna Veldhuisen Second–Nicholas Veldhuisen •CLASS A600-C First–Tyler Hamm •CLASS A601-DI First–Kendall Stamler Second–Wanetta Petkau/Hasnube Jirbeksib (tie) •CLASS A601-DII First–Ben Mast Second–Hannah Veldhuisen, Meaghan Woolsey, and Jennie Dyck (tie) •CLASS A601-A First–Jeff Dyck Second–Nathanial Clink •CLASS A601-B First–Teddy Frazer-Duck •CLASS A500-B First–Callahan Wiedenhoeft […]
Vocal Division Tuesday, April 20 •CLASS V126 First–Kennedy Latimer Second–Taylor Shouldice •CLASS V138F First–Emily Turcotte •CLASS V138M First–Nelson Bragg •CLASS V139 First—Katelyn Shortreed Second–Rebecca Sokoliuk •CLASS V108 First–Emily Turcotte Second–Nelson Bragg •CLASS V109 First–Katelyn Shortreed •CLASS V110 First–Lauren Gurski •CLASS V180 First–Lauren Gurski Second– Nelson Bragg, Emily Turcotte, and Rebecca […]
Staff Students with the Northwest Catholic District School Board worked together to raise more than $2,700 to help out earthquake-ravaged Haiti as part of their Lenten project. Students at St. Francis School here raised a total of $ $1,090.45. Those at St. Patrick’s (Atikokan) raised $152, with St. Joseph’s students […]
